'Gangstas' in the Ranks

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THE WAY THE POLICE TOLD IT, ALMOST everybody in the neighborhood knew that the Nation Wide Posse was ready to shoot it out with the Original Gangster Posse. Maybe it was because an NWP member had been beaten up by the Original Gangsters; maybe it was just another turf war. Whatever the motive, six squad cars arrived just after a group of NWP members showed up for what was probably going to be a drive-by shooting. The cops jumped out and drew their guns: the gangsters thought twice and surrendered. The weird part was that the confrontation took place in Rapid City, S.D., not South-Central L.A. Even more disturbing, seven of the suspects turned out to be enlisted men on active duty at nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base.

Street gangs in the military? To the embarrassment of the Pentagon, the answer is definitely yes. …

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